It is unbelievable to me that several states have just let them get by with keeping all of the profits from their illegal activities. Eddie and Tommy Tipton have admitted to rigging lottery games in five states worth $24 million but have repaid less than $1,400 in restitution.

This certainly does not send the kind of message it should to those who break the law. It shows you can keep millions of dollars of ill-gotten money because of the inability of those on the side of the law to do their jobs.

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Eddie Tipton built a 4,817 square-foot home at 2201 Coolidge St. in Norwalk in 2007. That was two years after he imbedded fraudulent computer code into random-number generating software distributed and used by multiple state lottery games. He sold the home for nearly $600,000 in 2015 but Iowa prosecutors were unable to place a lien to help repay the millions he admitted stealing. Warren County Assessor

Tommy Tipton still owns his longtime home with a pool in Flatonia, Texas, on property with a total market value of $779,460. He and his now ex-wife Pamela in May of 2013 transferred that property to a trust — a financial tool sometimes used to protect property from creditors — that remains in their names. That transfer occurred 15 months after the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office announced they had launched an investigation into the lottery scam. Fayette County, Texas

Tommy Tipton still owns his longtime home with a pool in Flatonia, Texas, on property with a total market value of $779,460. He and his now ex-wife Pamela in May of 2013 transferred that property to a trust — a financial tool sometimes used to protect property from creditors — that remains in their names. That transfer occurred 15 months after the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Iowa Attorney General’s Office announced they had launched an investigation into the lottery scam. Fayette County, Texas

On March 25 – 11 days after Tommy Tipton sold the 5.7-acre parcel of land for almost $55,000 – a home whose market value is assessed at $36,240 was deeded to his daughter Thayne. Thayne is listed on her Facebook page and in college directories as a sophomore at Texas A&M University. The mailing address for the property deeded to Thayne remains at the same address as her father’s pool home. Fayette County, Texas